Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: Sketch #101

Every day I get the newsletter from Paper Playful with all the daily listings of challenges. It's one the the emails I love to get and peruse to see if there are any challenges that catch my eye. The other day the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge looked interesting so I thought I'd give it a try. This is my first time playing along with them.

For my card I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper and inked it up with these distress inks: crushed olive, worn lipstick, scattered straw, tumbled glass and dusty concord. I found some thinner Bazzill cardstock in my stash and used two different Fiskars flower punches to create three flowers. I dusted the edges with versamark and then finished them off with white embossing powder. the sentiment is from a Tim Holtz clear set called Phrases 2. Base cardstock is from PaperTrey Ink. I used bling from various manufacturers: Recollections, Doodlebug Design and October Afternoon.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: Sketch #1

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Art Soul Life

 

I was able to finish another card last night. My weekend was pretty productive for card making. Nothing else got done, but that's okay! 

This card was created using a cling stamp from Deep Red called Art Soul Life. The sentiment was stamped using versamark ink onto Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock. It looks like I used white embossing powder but actually I used clear embossing powder. These three Tim Holtz Distress Inks were used for the background: ripe persimmon, salty ocean and mowed lawn. I spritzed water onto the paper with a paint brush to create the splotches of water. I really like the look of this and I love this stamp!

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Love Blooms

 

No challenge for this card.  I was just playing around with a older Woodland Park background stamp from October Afternoon and several colors of Tim Holtz distress ink. I also wanted to use a flower die from Heartfelt Creations that I picked up awhile ago and haven't had a chance to work with. It's called Arianna Blooms and I love it!

For the background I stamped the Woodland Park image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then inked the watercolor paper the six colors below below.

Here's a close up of the background and the flowers. I used Graphic 45's Bohemian Bazaar patterned paper for the flowers. This Arianna Blooms die is so versatile and can make so many different variations of flowers. I can't wait to play around with it some more. 

The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called Bloom & Grow. 

I've been using my new MISTI and I love it! I think this will be very helpful for me because with my Rheumatoid Arthritis sometimes I have a difficult time stamping a good image. Just from trying it out with various stamps I think the purchase of this product was well worth it!

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Thank You

No card for a challenge today. I used the same cling stamp from Hero Arts called Leaf and Floral Background that I used on this card. The only difference is that this time I used white embossing powder. On the first card I used clear embossing powder even though it looks like I used white. For the background I used patterned paper from BasicGrey. I really love this stamp and know that I will be using it over and over. The look is so different depending on what patterned paper you use behind it. Even coloring the background with distress ink like I did on the first card make it such a versatile stamp.

For the sentiment I used another Hero Arts stamp from the You're So Kind set. For the first time I used a Kraft Dye Ink that I bought from PaperTrey Ink. I've never used kraft ink before and it reminds me of how much it looks like you just stamped with versamark ink on kraft cardstock like I did with this card.

I added some bling from My Mind's Eye and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink. Love how this card turned out!

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CAS - Colours and Sketches Blog: Challenge #107

Loved this challenge from CAS - Colours and Sketches Blog because it used three of my favorite colors! I used PaperTrey Ink colors since it wasn't required to use Stampin' Up products. 

For my image I used a stamp from the Hero Arts Delicate Leaf Clusters clear set and stamped it onto my cardstock with Versamark ink. For the sentiment I used another Hero Arts stamp set called You're So Kind. The bling is from BasicGrey called Candy Buttons. Pretty simple, quick and easy!

CAS - Colours and Sketches Blog

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Thanks

I love these large cling background stamps! I've got several from Hero Arts and October Afternoon. I've pulled them all out and decided to create some cards with them. I have so many stamps that I've collected and have never used. I've challenged myself to get them out and start playing with them!

For this card it looks like I've used white embossing powder, but I didn't. I took a pieced of Tim Holtz watercolor paper and stamped the Hero Arts Leaf and Floral background stamp with versamark ink. I then heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder. For the colors I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in peeled paint, dusty concord and rusty hinge. The sentiment is a die from Simon Says Stamp. I love these word dies and am planning on buying more of them. The bow is tied using three different colors of American Crafts twine.

Such an easy and fun way to create a card! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Snowflake Cards

For both of these cards I used a stencil by Memory Box called Winter Large Snowflakes. I used translucent embossing paste from Studio 490, Wendy Vecchi to add dimension. I sprinkled Great Impressions glitter sparkling ice over the embossing paste while it was still wet and then set both pieces aside to dry.

I can't remember who the manufacturer of the patterned paper is. I'm leaning toward Recollections. This patterned paper was in my scrap pile and since they were a decent size I just went ahead and gave them some life! The gold glitter paper is from Recollections. 

For the sentiments I used a stamp set from Technique Tuesday called Jingle All The Way. I stamped the sentiments with VersaMark and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder. The bling is from my stash. Card bases are PaperTrey Ink.

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Wedding Cards

Today I'm going to share four wedding cards I created for a friend. For this card I used my new Shapeabilities Fancy Tags Die. I picked this die up while on vacation and I think I'm going to use it alot. Out of all four cards, I can't decide if this one is my favorite or this next one.

I can't make up my mind! I like the patterned paper I used for this card. It's from TPC Studio called Wedding Silhouette Tapestry Stripe. I paired a Creative Imaginations brad I had in my stash with a Hero Arts flower. Behind the flower I added some tulle that I inked and then inserted a Maya Road Trinket Pin in Vintage Black Pearls. I love those pins! I'd been searching for them for awhile and found them at Archiver's. Here's a closer look at the flower.

For this card, I had to get some black in. It just wouldn't be like me to create some cards and not use black. My friend gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted. I even made mention to her that I like to use black and she said she was fine with whatever I came up with.

For the leaves I used a Sizzix die I have called Branch with Leaves. The sentiment is called "Love Continues To Grow" from Versus Rubber Stamps.

For the inside of this card I used a Hero Arts stamp and an EK Success Edge Punch called "Brackets".

For the fourth card I didn't use a stamped sentiment. I thought the patterned paper I used from Best Creation Inc worked well since it had sentiments on it. I did use a Hero Arts stamp called Dot Flourishes. I stamped it on the cardstock using Versamark and added some Stampendous Dot Sparklers.

That's it for the wedding cards. In my next post I'll share the sympathy cards I made.

Here's a list of products I used for these cards: PTI Cardstock, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo & Black Soot Distress Ink, Shapeabilities Fancy Tags Die, Hero Arts Flowers, Studio G iClear Wedding Stamp, Versus Rubber Stamp - Love Continues To Grow MA0320-E, EK Success Edge Punches: Open Scallop & Brackets, TPC Patterned Paper - Wedding Silhouette - Tapestry Stripe, Brad from Creative Imaginations, Clear Embossing Powder, Tulle, Hero Arts Stamps - Live Life - CL498, Versus Rubber Stamps - Warm Congratulations - MA0328-F, Ranger Liquid Pearls in Silver Pearl, Maya Road Trinket Pins in Vintage Black Pearls, Versamark, Patterned Paper from Doodlebug Design Inc called Beetle Black Serenade, Sizzix Branch with Leaves Die, Cloud9 Design Rain Dots, Hero Arts Stamps - Everyday Sayings - CL342, Ribbon, Hero Arts Stamps - Flourishes - CL235, Stampendous Dot Sparklers.

Hope your have a fun and safe 4th of July!

Season's Greetings

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We had a nice visit with family the last few days.

Over the next few days I'm still going to be blogging about Christmas cards. This year I created around 22 different designs and still have some to post.

I came across these boughs of holly from Paper Bliss in my stash of supplies. I think they fit nicely with this paper from We R Memory Keepers. It's amazing what you forget you have!

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Holly Jolly Paper from The White Christmas Collection from We R Memory Keepers
Boughs of Holly from Paper Bliss
Nestabilities Ribbon Tags Trio
May Arts Ribbon
Gold Embossing Powder
Versamark
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Holiday Sayings - CL343

Tags From Scraps

I thought I'd try making some gift tags with my leftover Christmas paper. I've never made tags before and now I think I'm hooked! I love designing cards from scraps. Making tags may just be my new passion.

Here's a closer view of each:

Products Used For These Tags:

Nestabilities Labels One & Classic Scalloped Circles Small

Star Punch

Quickie Glue Pen

Glitter Sparkling Ice

Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

May Arts Ribbon

Ribbon From JoAnn Crafts

Holiday Time Scatterables - Snowflake & Holly

Versamark

Stampendous! Gold Embossing Powder & Dot Sparklers

Mirrorcard

Creative Imaginations Woodland Brads

Flora Doodles by Petaloo

Farmers Market Cherry Twist Twine

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Stamps - Warm Wishes - CL243, Merriest Wishes - CL113, Winter's Butterfly - CL234, Holiday Gift Tags - CL237

I hope everyone's day is going well and you're getting all your last minute projects done! Thanks for stopping by!

May The Blessings Of Christmas....

....be with you today and always. I love this stamp set "Joy To All" from Hero Arts. For this card, I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with Core'dinations cardstock and then sanded it. I embossed one tree and debossed the other. It's hard to tell that from the photo.

Here's a closer look and the sentiment inside:

Products Used For This Card:

Bazzill
Core'dinations Cardstock
Mirrorcard
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Stampendous! Gold Embossing Powder & Dot Sparklers
May Arts Ribbon
Versamark
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460

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Sparkle & Merry

This year while designing Christmas cards I really tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum. I guess what I mean is, I tried to keep them closer to the card and not "popped" up as much. When you're paying sixty-four cents for each stamp (and this year I mailed out 70!) it gets a little pricey to say the least! Oh well, Christmas only comes but once a year :)

For this card I used an ornament punch from EK Success. I bought it last year, but only used it this year.

I embossed the sentiment on this card. I really like embossing, but I have such a love/hate relationship with it. It just doesn't always work for me. I seem to waste more paper trying to get it perfect, end up tossing it and just going with a plain old stamped image. I was successful a few times this year.

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Reminisce Christmas Red Swirl & Glitter Factory
EK Success Ornament Punch
Nestabilities Labels One
Stampendous! Silver Embossing Powder
Versamark
Patterned Paper - Not Sure of Manufacturer
May Arts Ribbon
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Tree-Mendous - CL465

Tree-Mendous Christmas

This is a very simple card, but I like how it turned out. I really enjoy using the Tim Holtz On The Edge Dies. This is one of my favorites. I think I've purchased either three or four and can't wait to use them with chipboard for a mini-book.

I'm hooked on the Viva Pearl Pen! The patterned paper is called "Under The Tree" from Reminisce.

Other Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill
Reminisce - "Under The Tree" Patterned Paper
Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Brackets Die
Hero Arts Clears Stamps - Tree-Mendous - CL465
Versamark
Stickles
Viva Pearl Pen

It's December 18th and I still have four cards to create and get in the mail. Am I the only this pokey!?

Merry & Bright

Whenever I look at this card I laugh. I think the chubby little reindeer is so darn cute! I had some mini pom-poms to use for the nose, but they made his head look so out of proportion. I was sooo disappointed because I wanted to use them!

Products Used For This Card:

Patterned Paper is Santa's Friends from Reminisce
Bazzill
Santa's Helper Stamps - White Christmas - We R Memory Keepers
Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Joy To All - CL460
May Arts Ribbon
Stickles - Turquoise, Black Diamond, Cinnamon
Versamark
Stampendous! Dot Sparklers

Hope your having a fantastic day!

Mojo Monday Sketch #162

Is it possible to fall in love with a paper collection? I did when I saw this Merry January collection from We R Memory Keepers. I also knew that I had to have every single piece of patterned paper from this line.

I chose to use it with this card for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge this week.

Here's my card called "Warm Wishes" as my interpretation on the sketch.....

....and here's the sketch.

Products Used For This Card:
Bazzill Cardstock
DoubleMates Cardstock
Patterned Paper by We R Memory Keepers Merry January Collection
- Twig
- Mitten
- Scarf
Tim Holtz Alterations On The Edge Ornate Die
Nestabilities Labels Two
We R Memory Keepers Clear Stamps
- Family
- Snowman
Versamark
Gold Embossing Powder
May Arts Ribbon
Stickles in Turquoise
Mojo Monday Sketch #162

This card will be on display at The Baker's Wife where you can find this whole paper line plus embellishments to go with it.

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Embellish Magazine Challenge

Here's a card I made for the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge. I love the combination of all four colors they chose for this challenge.

Here's the challenge:

Here's my interpretation:

I made the flower out of a paper doily. Since I didn't have pink ribbon narrow enough to go through the button holes, I just inked my white ribbon. You'll also notice that there are a few black speckles of embossing powder left on the card. I purposely left it there because it adds a little sparkle. Normally, I wouldn't do that and I sometimes struggle to get it all off before I heat emboss.

Products I used for this card:

Bazzill Cardstock - Blackbird + White
Paper Doily - 3.5" size
Buttons
Making Memories Shimmer Flourish Chipboard Piece
Nestabilities - Lables One
Sizzix - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder + Big Shot Die Cut Machine
Stampin' Up! Inks - Pixie Pink + Tempting Turquoise + Yo Yo Yellow
Dew Drop Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
White Ribbon - 1/8" wide
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
Ranger Black Sparkle Embossing Powder
Marvy Embossing Heat Tool
Fiskars Trimmer, Scoring Blade + Scallop Blade
Zots Glue Dots
Therm-O-Web Adhesive

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CPS Sketch 154

The sketch for this card is from CPS (Card Positioning Systems). I've participated in several of their challenges and always find that they are fun to work with.

I've been playing around with flower soft and trying new ideas. I found this rubber stamp from Endless Creations, LLC in my stash. It's called "KB's Silphium In A Jar". It's probably one of the first stamps I ever bought. I wanted to make the jar look like it was filled with beads, so I added the glass beads to give it dimension.

Products Used For This Card: Rubber Stamp from Endless Creations, LLC, Flower Soft in Lemon and Spring Mix, Versamark, Black Sparkle Embossing Powder, Black Glass Beads, Bazzill, BasicGrey Patterned Paper, We R Memory Keepers Ribbon, May Arts Jute, Hero Arts Black Pearls, Hero Arts "All Occasion Messages" Stamps CL272, Nestabilities.